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- This file, CONTEST.DOC, distributed with THING
- describes two contests we have decided to do to help
- promote THING. For more information about THING, the
- puzzle program, see THING.DOC.
-
- Contest #1:
-
- As a way to get users to register THING if they use
- it, we have a $1000 door price for the 2000th person to
- register THING with us. It is hoped that this will help
- get users to register there use of this program, and to
- help motivate us to get to work on the next version.
-
- Contest #2:
-
- THING is not that hard of a program to win at, but
- like many puzzles, it does require quite a bit of
- patience. The four by four puzzle can be won in less
- than 100 moves, but the nine by nine puzzle should
- require more than 1000 moves to complete. We have
- decided to offer a $1000 prize to the first person to
- solve the nine by nine puzzle. This release of the game
- has some special screens built in to the program that
- will only be displayed when the nine by nine is completed
- that tell the user to send in proof by doing a Shift-
- Print screen or by saving the file to disk and either
- printing that out or sending it in on disk. If you choose
- to send the winning screen file in on diskette, it must
- be on a 5 1/4 inch 360K or 1.2MB diskette, we do not
- support the 3 1/2 inch disk format at this time. In
- order to qualify for this contest, you must be
- registered, have been registered by January 1, 1990, and
- have registered prior to winning the game (according to
- the date on the winning screen.) Once we verify the print
- screen and the registration, we will award the prize, but
- remember, this prize will only be awarded to the first
- person to complete the nine by nine puzzle so don't
- delay.
-
- Both winners will be announce in the next release of
- this program.
-
- Registrations and print screens should be sent to
-
- THING
- c/o Unistar Inc.
- P. O. 23563
- New Orleans LA 70181
-
- Both contests are only valid for persons in the
- United States.
-
- (c) Copyright 1990, Unistar Inc. All rights reserved
-
-